Related Content

"If the county or state wants to put a light here, that's fine. But it certainly wouldn't have changed either of these last two accidents," Sellers said.

In Monday's crash, deputies are investigating the possibility that the driver was under the influence when the driver ran the stop sign and crashed into another car.

The same thing happened Wednesday night, but deputies said the driver, Scott Crook, admitted he was looking at his phone.

His 8-year-old step-daughter had to be flown to the hospital and Crook's wife, who was in the front seat, was also injured.

"We all see it every day. You can sit at any intersection and look through cars going by and see how many people are on their cell phones and until laws change and it becomes a primary offense, it's just going to continue to happen," Sellers said.

When deputies fill out their crash report, there's a box that asks if engineers should study the location, and after Wednesday's crash, deputies checked 'yes.'

He says studies have helped other intersections, but in these instances the drivers were not being safe.

"You could have a stop light there, you could have a brick wall there and they would have hit that. Nothing was going to stop them. They weren't paying attention," Sellers said.

Rhiannon Crook and her 8-year-old daughter are in fair condition at Nebraska Medicine.